Tomato-knife.



PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK LEADFORD SMILEY, F

BGTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

TOMATO-KNIFE Y No. ooasna..

To -all whom 'it may concern.' I .Be it known thatI, FRANK LnAnronD SMILEY, a citizen of the United States of vao Botetourt and State America, and a resident of the county of of Virginia, have invented certain new and us ul Improvements in Tomato-Knives, of whic the 'following is a full and clear s ecication.

The obj ect o` this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive knife-like implement for removing thestem and peel from tornatoes, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing the. manner of usmgthe tool; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the tool Fig. 3 is a lan View of the tool; Fig'. 4.- is a longitudina sectional View thereof; and Figs. 5 and'f are transverse sectional views taken respectively on the lines 5 and 6 of-Fig. 3.

The device consists of a suitable handle a in' theend .of whit his rigidly fastened a shank b. Formed integral with the shank is a knife blade c whosemain portion is approximately spoon-shaped, that is, is dished transversely and longitudinally to form a convex under surfaee and a concave upper surface,

' the edges of the blade curving outwardly -from the shank and forwardly to a pointed end d. Both side edges of the blade are sharpened. The forward portion of the blade is shaped differently from that of a spoon in that the portion e is extended upwardly andoutwardly from. the main bodyl portion of the blade with its side edges approximately straight. Saidforward extension eis approximately flat as compared with the main portion of the blade.

The manner o f using the knife is shown in Fig. 1. The operator holds the vegetable in one hand and the-knife in the other hand.

Specication of Letters Patent.

v.Application led September 21, 1908.

Patenteanm. 5, 1909.

serial No. mm.

He places his 'thumb in the concave or bowl portion of the blade. The curved portion of the. blade is used to cut into and lift the edge peel is clamped between the thumb and the lade and'then pulled or peeled off. The upwardly projecting pointed extension of the blade is for the purpose of cutting out the stems and other portions of the vegetable that are to be discarded, the peculiar shape of this portion of the blade enabling -this cutpeditiously. By reason of the shape and the manner in which this extension e extends upwardly froml the body ortion-of the blade,

from the main portion of the blade and upwardly therefrom, the cutting edges of this extended portion being straight and being brought to a sharp V-shaped point.

In testimony whereof l hereunto aflix 'my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 18 day of' September 1908.

FRANK LEADFoRn sivnLEY.

Witnesses FRANCE MONTGOMERY HAMMOND, MARSHAL TAYLOR LUNsFoRn.

of the' peel, whereupon the free edge of the ting out operation to be performed very exthe point lnay be readi y worked around in" the irregular stern cavity, of the vegetable.'

its forward end portion extended forwardly` 

